Tag: josh donaldson
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Blue Jays Extirpate Rangers, Advance to ALCS in a Memorable Way
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. Docile. Manageable. Governable. Polite. Eh. Maple syrup. These are words that slip and slide off my tongue whenever I generalize about Canadians. I can’t help it – my brain is...
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Blue Jays Create Maelstrom to Stay Alive, ALDS Heads Back to Toronto
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . On a humid Monday afternoon, Texas Rangers reliever, Ross Ohlendorf , stood firmly on the pitcher’s mound during the top of the sixth inning, his face wearing a decorated...
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Blue Jays Find their Backs Against the Wall as Rangers Go Bird Hunting
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Tempers flare during baseball square offs – it happens. It’s only human. At the bottom of the 13th inning during Game 2 of the ALDS between the Toronto Blue...
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Underestimation Fuels Rangers, Texas Takes Game 1 of the ALDS
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Once upon a time, there was an atrocious M. Night Shyamalan movie staring Mark Wahlberg (who acted like a Mark Wahlberg cardboard cutout) where this neurotoxin caused anyone and...
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Josh Donaldson, Brett Lawrie Disappoint in Debuts
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . When the Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland Athletics opted to trade third basemen with one another, both sides thought they knew what they were getting into. The Jays were...
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Toronto Blue Jays Break Tanaka
Image courtesy of Arturo Pardavila III/Flickr . We are now two days into the 2015 MLB season and the AL East has already produced a very solid game, assuming you're not cheering for the New...
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Toronto Blue Jays Building the Flock
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . In Dunedin, Florida no fewer than 32 pitchers and 9 catchers were given medical exams in preparation for official spring training workouts for the Toronto Blue Jays. By Friday,...
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Oakland A's Season in Review: The Downward Spiral
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . From looking like the World Series favorites to playing like the worst team in baseball, the Oakland A's season can be summarized in one word - unpredictable. The highs...
